aap
\a:p\
The verdict
“aap” is uncommon French (frequency #80,818 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,818
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Singe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aap · aap · French
aap · rank #80,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,818
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH 6G
Nearest frequency peer: 6G (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “aap”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- œnologue
œnologue
19,188 corpus weight
- 6G
6G
19,184 corpus weight
- aap
aap
19,183 corpus weight
- Aarau
Aarau
19,182 corpus weight
- abasourdis
abasourdis
19,180 corpus weight
- abduction
abduction
19,178 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aap” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aap |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a:p\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #80,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “aap” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
aap is uncommon French at frequency #80,818 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a:p\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Singe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aap, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is aap, spelled A-A-P.
Definition
- 1Singe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brutale aap!
Toen kwam de aap uit de mouw.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
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